package org.springframework.boot.test.context does not exist - maven

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I am using dependencies as below
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.app</groupId>
<artifactId>App</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>0.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
<properties>
<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
<ant.version>1.9.3</ant.version>
</properties>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.7.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<build>
<finalName>CransoApp</finalName>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!--<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<warSourceDirectory>WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
<failOnMissingWebXml>true</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>springloaded</artifactId>
<version>1.2.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-resources</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-resources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/classes/public</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
<!--<addResources>true</addResources>-->
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- end::web[] -->
<!-- tag:: Spring Data JPA -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- end:: Spring Data JPA -->
<!-- tag::security[] -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-integration-mail</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
<version>1.6.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jboss.arquillian.junit/arquillian-junit-container
-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
<artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
<version>1.1.13.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies> </project>
When I try to run "mvn test" it ends in below error. My IDE can find the SpringBootTest and SpringRunner classes.
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project App: Compilation failure: Compilation failure:
[ERROR] /E:/WebProjects/app/src/test/java/com/app/SpringBootAppTest.java:[5,45] package org.springframework.boot.test.context does not exist
[ERROR] /E:/WebProjects/App/src/test/java/com/app/SpringBootAppTest.java:[6,47] package org.springframework.test.context.junit4 does not exist
[ERROR] /E:/WebProjects/App/src/test/java/com/app/SpringBootAppTest.java:[11,2] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol: class SpringBootTest
[ERROR] /E:/WebProjects/App/src/test/java/com/app/SpringBootAppTest.java:[12,10] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol: class SpringRunner
How to overcome the test setup issue on the below code?
And I have tried cleaning .m2 directory and re-downloaded the dependencies.
package com.app;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
public class SpringBootAppTest {
#Test
public void runBootTest(){
assert("test").equalsIgnoreCase("Test");
}
}
.m2 directory has the required jars. My IDE able to find the classes. Either way I can't run the maven test with cli and IDE. If any version that I use has conflict over another? I can easily build new project with parent 1.5.7 and spring-boot-starter-test dependencies. But why can't the same doesn't work in this setup? Even debug mode doesn't give much detail about the missing classes.

Answer 1

The problem is in your dependency, remove test scope <scope>test</scope> from it:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
</dependency>

Answer 2

#Remi, I was able to reproduce your error and fix it. The issue is with an appropriate logging framework being not available. I know, its pretty weird that the logs don't give any such hint. But if you debug this in your editor, you would hit the root cause. Anyway, once you provide the right dependency for logging everything works. Since you are using Spring Boot, it would just make sense to use the spring-boot-starter-logging dependency. My pom.xml looks like this; with which your errors are fixed. After adding the spring-boot-starter-logging dependency, just run mvn clean test, your test should run fine.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.7.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<groupId>com.test</groupId>
<artifactId>test-app</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
<ant.version>1.9.3</ant.version>
</properties>
<build>
<finalName>CransoApp</finalName>
<!--<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>-->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!--<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<warSourceDirectory>WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
<failOnMissingWebXml>true</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>springloaded</artifactId>
<version>1.2.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-resources</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-resources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/classes/public</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
<!--<addResources>true</addResources>-->
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- end::web[] -->
<!-- tag:: Spring Data JPA -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- end:: Spring Data JPA -->
<!-- tag::security[] -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-integration-mail</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
<version>1.6.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jboss.arquillian.junit/arquillian-junit-container
-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
<artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
<version>1.1.13.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

Answer 3

In my case, I have the same output at he console, but the reason was a little different.
Basically I am reusing and old test suit with #SpringApplicationConfiguration. But with an updated version of Spring Boot (1.5.15.RELEASE). In this version, the annotation has been changed to #SpringBootTest.
Still, the error is a little confusing, when executing the tests, the first error is package org.springframework.boot.test does not exist but if you open your editor (eclipse in my case), the error is correctly shown.
More info this Stack Overflow answer

Answer 4

In my case the test class and package was not in proper location and it was not marked as Test in intellij.
Moving the test class to proper Test module and marking the module as Test in intellij from project structure->Module->mark the module as Test.
Already I could see the respective package in my dependencies so it was just about not recognizing the package after correct configuration, It worked.

Answer 5

I had the opposite problem, in that "mvn test" worked fine after I applied Maksim Kovalev's answer above, but in Eclipse "Run As-->Maven Test" failed.
Right-clicking on the test class in Project Explorer and selecting "Run As --> Junit Test" fixed it.